Thalia Duenas

TED 508
6/23/21
Annotated Bibliography

Biebow, N.(2019). The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

The nonfiction book, The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola

Crayons by Natasha Beibow, describes the process of the invention of the Crayola

Crayons. The story is based on the inventor Edwin Binney and how the world around him

was filled with color. The invention of the Crayola Crayons was not easy, and it took

many trials and errors for Edwin to get the perfect formula. In summary, it shows the

history of how Edwin was encouraged by his wife to invent a tool for children to write

with, and how he brought the color from the outside to crayons. I will implement this into

my lesson in multiple ways. First I want to make this an interactive activity, and I will

have students raise the color crayon when I read the different colors in the book. Second,

I want to have students go back to their desk and draw their own invention. Lastly, I will

have students group up and share their inventions. I believe this will help ensure students

know their colors, and help them become creative. The Author Natasha Beibow has

written multiple books both published and unpublished, and her passion for art and

children have fueled her creativity.

DiOrio, R.(2020). What Does it Mean to be Kind? Encantos.

The fiction book, What Does it Mean to be Kind? by Rana Diorio, portrays different acts

of what kindness looks like. This book is an example of gestures you can do for people

or phrases you can say to exhibit kindness. It also includes common misconceptions

about kindness, like giving a gift you should not expect a gift in return. In summary, this
 book represents acts of kindness and how we should incorporate being kind into our daily

life to help make this world a better place. This book will be very valuable to incorporate

into my future classroom when trying to create a safe, supportive, and enjoyable

classroom environment. I will read this book sometime in the first week of school to

remind students the importance of kindness, and show that kindness doesn’t always have

to be a huge gesture. Sometimes it just means smiling at your fellow classmates or

inviting a new student to play with you at recess. The author Rana DiOrio has a series of

children’s books,“ What does it mean…”, her hope in writing them was to give valuable

lessons to children that she had wished she received as a child.

Markle, S. (2017). What If You Had Animal Eyes? Turtle Books.

The nonfiction book, What If You Had Animal Eyes by Sandra Markie, creates a fun

experience for children to use their imagination in what it would be like to have animal

eyes. With each different animal’s eye description, the author explains why it’s beneficial

for the animal to have those eyes. In addition to the animal eyes, the book has fun true

facts for readers to enjoy. In summary, this book creates the what if situation but

ultimately describes why human eyes are the best for you! This book will be useful when

teaching science about different animals and their purposes. I will have students group up

together and create a board on what animal eyes they would like to have and the

advantage for it. This will help students recollect what they heard and let me as a teacher

assess their understanding of different animals. The author Sandra Markle has written

over 200 nonfiction books, with her books having an emphasis on her passion for science

and nature.
Parr, T. (2020). It’s Okay to Make Mistakes. Little, Brown and Company.

In the book, It’s Okay to Make Mistakes by Todd Parr, communicates life's mistakes and

the discoveries it can lead you to. Life is scary sometimes, and throughout the book it

reminds you that is okay. In summary, the book reminds you everyone makes mistakes

and that's how you learn in life. I think this is an important lesson when learning, because

not each student will get everything taught to them. As young children it is easy to get

discouraged if you make a mistake in front of the class, but I want to remind them

everyone makes mistakes at all ages. I personally want to incorporate this when teaching

a difficult lesson in math. Math can get frustrating, and I want to make sure they know

through mishaps comes growth and new knowledge. Author Todd Parr has written over

fifty children’s books all creating easy but powerful messages through his writing such as

“it’s okay to make mistakes”.

Peete, H. R., Peete, R., & Millner, D. (2010). My Brother Charlie. Scholastic Press.

In the book, My Brother Charlie by Ryan Peete, Holly Peete, and Denene Millner depicts

the life of a sister’s point of view with her twin brother Charlie who has autism. Callie

(the sister) describes all the wonderful things Charlie can do, but also describes the

differences in Charlie due to his disease. Although Callie describes the differences she

emphasizes Charlie is still a boy, brother, and son. In summary, Callie depicts the

hardships, the compassion, and joys of having a brother with Autism. I love this book for

so many reasons, first this book includes diversity in my class by showing characters with

different color skin. Second, it brings awareness to students with disabilities, specifically

Autism. Lastly, it shows the most valuable lesson: we are all different but that we need to

embrace and love one another's differences. I will incorporate this into my lesson when
talking about our classroom environment as well as teaching the students these lessons

should follow their daily life. The authors based the story off of their own experiences

with their son/brother having autism, and wanted to help families or friends understand

how special everyone's uniqueness is. Denene Millner has written an assortment of books

to represent people of color, and Holly Robison Peete has written a second book on “Teen

Life on the Autism Express”.